Pain & Recovery
Why Heel Pain Is Worst in the First Steps of the Morning
It is one of the most recognisable patterns in foot pain, and the timing is the most useful thing you can tell a clinician.
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Pain & Recovery
General information on aches, stiffness and recovery routines after a heavy shift. Personal experience only, never medical advice.
Pain & Recovery
What Ten Minutes With Your Legs Up Actually Does
It is old advice, which usually means it survived for a reason. The reason here is straightforward plumbing.
Pain & Recovery
Why Foot Pain Turns Up in Your Knees, Hips and Back
A sore foot changes how you move, and everything above it adapts. The place that hurts most is not always where the problem started.
Pain & Recovery
Night Cramp in the Calf and Foot: What Is Actually Going On
Common, harmless in most cases, and genuinely horrible. Here is the current understanding and the small number of things worth doing.
Pain & Recovery
Stretching or Strengthening for Feet: They Are Not the Same Job
Most people who stand all day are given stretches. The muscles inside the foot are a strength question, and the distinction matters.